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GCSE
CHINESE (MANDARIN)
Foundation Tier Paper 3 Reading

Time allowed: 45 minutes

You will need no other materials.

Instructions
 Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
 Fill in the boxes at the bottom of this page.
 Answer all questions.
 You must answer all the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write on blank pages.
 In Section A, answer the questions in English. In Section B, translate the passage into
English.
 Do all rough work in this answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
marked.

Information
 The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
 The maximum mark for this paper is 60.
 You must not use a dictionary.

Please write clearly, in block capitals, to allow character computer recognition.

Centre number Candidate number

Surname

Forename(s)

Candidate signature
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Section A Questions and answers in English

0 1 Holiday plans

Read these messages about your Chinese friends and their holidays.

Write the correct letter in the boxes, according to their destination.

0 1 . 1

莉莉(Lili): 我今年去美国。

A Spain

B Britain

C USA [1 mark]

0 1 . 2

美美(Meimei): 明年我会去法国。

A France

B Germany

C Italy [1 mark]

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0 2 Free time activities

What does each of these people enjoy doing?

1 我天天上网。
大海 (Dahai)

2 我的爱好是运动。
小红 (Xiaohong)

3 我爱看电视。
青青 (Qingqing)

4 我喜欢听音乐。
东东 (Dongdong)
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A Watching TV

B Listening to music

C Reading novels

D Going online

E Playing sport

F Painting

0 2 . 1 Dahai [1 mark]

0 2 . 2 Xiaohong [1 mark]

0 2 . 3 Qingqing [1 mark]

0 2 . 4 Dongdong [1 mark]

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0 3 School Subjects

Your Chinese friend has posted a message on WeChat about the subjects he does.

Read some of his followers’ replies.

Who mentions these school subjects?

Write Y for Yingying, Z for Zhang and J for Jackie.

Yingying

我星期二有地理课。

Zhang

我星期四有历史课。

Jackie
我星期五有美术课。

0 3 . 1 Art [1 mark]

0 3 . 2 Geography [1 mark]

0 3 . 3 History [1 mark]
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0 4 My family

You are reading this message from your friend who is describing their family.

我家有五口人，妈妈，爸爸，哥哥，弟弟和我。我妈妈很漂
亮。我爸爸非常帅。我哥哥和弟弟都很高。

Answer the following questions in English.

0 4 . 1 How does the friend describe his mother?

[1 mark]

0 4 . 2 What does the friend say about both of his brothers?

[1 mark]

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0 5 Hometown

You come across this online forum where Chinese teenagers are talking about their
hometowns.

我很喜欢我的城市。我的城市有电影院和公园。
大卫(Dawei)

我不太喜欢我的家。我们没有运动中心， 只有
英英(Yingying) 图书馆。

我住在伦敦。伦敦有很多地方。比如；公园，
林风(Linfeng) 很多火车站，邮局和银行。我常常去公园踢足球

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Answer the following questions in English.

0 5 . 1 Give one place Dawei mentions in his hometown.

[1 mark]

0 5 . 2 Give one place Yingying mentions in her hometown.

[1 mark]

0 5 . 3 Where does Linfeng often go?

[1 mark]

0 5 . 4 Give one other place that Linfeng mentions

[1 mark]
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0 6 Family relationships

A Hong Kong teen magazine has published an item about family relationships. Read what
these girls say about their families.

A
因为父母每天下班很晚，不能做饭，所
以爷爷、奶奶跟我们一起住。
B
我姐姐每天都很忙。但是我们星期六去
买东西。我和我姐姐都喜欢买东西。
C
妈妈是商人。她有三个饭店，工作的时
候她常常不在家，我很少看到她。
D
我喜欢我的兄弟姐妹。我妹妹爱看书。
我弟弟的爱好是运动，他喜欢跑步。
E
我家有四口人：妈妈、爸爸、哥哥和
我。我哥哥不太友好，他总是很吵。
F
我爱我的家人。妈妈、爸爸对我和姐姐
都很好。

Write the correct letter in the boxes.

0 6 . 1 Who shops with her sister? [1 mark]

0 6 . 2 Who does not see her mum often? [1 mark]

0 6 . 3 Whose brother is sporty? [1 mark]

0 6 . 4 Who lives with their grandparents? [1 mark]

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0 7 Story

Below is an extract from a famous Chinese story.

Answer the questions below in English.

Line 1: 在一个星期天的上午，
Line 2: 天气晴朗。很多猴子树里玩
Line 3: 他们都很开心，
Line 4: 一只猴子很老。

0 7 . 1 What type of weather is mentioned in line 2?

[1 mark]

0 7 . 2 Which day is mentioned in line 1?

[1 mark]

0 7 . 3 From line 3, how are the monkeys feeling?

[1 mark]

0 7 . 4 On which line is the character for ‘old’ used?

[1 mark]
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0 8 Folk tale

Read this extract from a Chinese folk tale ‘The Wise Grey Rabbit’.

Write the correct letter in the boxes.

森林里住着一只小灰兔。

0 8 . 1 The Grey rabbit lives in the…?

A City

B Farm

C Forest [1 mark]

小灰兔子每天很漂亮

0 8 . 2 The rabbit is very …?

A Two

B Three

C Four [1 mark]

她在森林走了路，看出来了一只小白色兔子。

0 8 . 3 What colour is the other rabbit that she meets along the way?

A Red

B White

C Black [1 mark]

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0 9 Environmental messages

You see these signs on a trip to Singapore.

What does each sign encourage you to do for the environment?

Write the correct letter in each box.

A Save water

B Save electricity

C Use your own bags

D Walk more

E Recycle

F Switch off lights

0 9 . 1
汽车太多了！我们应该多走路。 [1 mark]

0 9 . 2
不看电视时就关了它，可以少用电。 [1 mark]

0 9 . 3
买东西的时候，应该用自己的袋子。 [1 mark]

0 9 . 4
刷牙的时候，少用水。 [1 mark]
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1 0 Clothes

Two Chinese teenagers have written short blogs about their lifestyles. Read their blogs
and complete the sentences in English.

小红 我妈妈周末去买东西，她买了一件黄色的毛
(Xiaohong)
衣和一条蓝色的裙子

1 0 . 1 At the weekend, mum…

[1 mark]

1 0 . 2 She brought a…

[1 mark]

建明 我弟弟喜欢打篮球。他常常穿一双白色的运
(Jianming)
动鞋和一条黑色的运动裤子。

1 0 . 3 My brother likes playing basketball.

He often wears _________________________ and _____________________

[2 marks]

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尊敬的朋友：
1 1Sports
你好！
我是中国人。我叫美丽。我最喜欢的爱好是篮球但是
You receive this email from your Chinese pen-pal, Meili.
有时候我喜欢踢足球。你喜欢打篮球吗？你最喜欢的运动员
是谁？ 我每天早上八点喜欢跟朋友打篮球， 然后我们都上
学。我不太喜欢上学但是我的朋友非常喜欢。因为我的老师
很无聊， 所以我不喜欢学校。你喜欢你的老师吗？
此致
敬礼
美丽
8 月 20 日

1 1 . 1 What nationality is Mei Li?

[1 mark]

1 1 . 2 What is Mei Li’s favourite sport?

[1 mark]

1 1 . 3 Who does Mei Li play basketball with?

[1 mark]

1 1 . 4 Why does Mei Li not like school?

[1 mark]
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1 2 World of work

You are interested in working in China and come across this article online about jobs.

Match the following statements to the correct job and write the correct letters in the boxes.

A 我爸爸在工厂工作，他是工人。

B 我妈妈是艺术家，每天都很忙。

C 我哥哥小时候想做工程师，他现在开火车。

D 他的女朋友在医院工作，她是护士。

E 我大姐喜欢小孩子，她也喜欢教书。

F 她的男朋友喜欢做饭，在一家餐厅工作。

G 我二姐有很多商店，她是商人。

H 我是中学生，我喜欢我的学校。

Who …

1 2 . 1 is a student? [1 mark]

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1 2 . 2 works in a factory? [1 mark]

1 2 . 3 is a nurse? [1 mark]

1 2 . 4 is a business owner? [1 mark]

1 2 . 5 is a chef? [1 mark]

1 2 . 6 is a train driver? [1 mark]

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1 3 Travelling abroad

Some Chinese students have tweeted about how they travel to school.

一年以前我去了法国。我非常喜欢法国！我
小红 (Xiaohong) 坐了火车去法国，但是我不太喜欢坐火车因
为太贵了！

林林 (Linlin)
我最喜欢的国家是澳大利亚，去年，我跟
朋友一起坐飞机去了澳大利亚。

金英 (Jinying)
因为我妈妈喜欢，所以我们上个月坐船
去了美国。你去过美国吗？

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How did each girl travel abroad? Answer in English.

1 3 . 1 Xiaohong

[1 mark]

1 3 . 2 Linlin

[1 mark]

1 3 . 3 Jinying

[1 mark]

1 3 . 4 Of the three girls, whose mother likes America?

[1 mark]
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1 4 In the big city

A young boy is talking about his recent trip to a big city near his town.

虽然从上海到我家很近但是我只去了一次上
海。我们去了上海最好的公园。它叫世纪公园。
然后，因为公园左边是电影院所以我们还看了电
影。我非常喜欢看电影。我们八点一刻吃了晚
饭。

1 4 . 1 Which city did the young boy go to?

[1 mark]

1 4 . 2 Which place did they first go to in the city?

[1 mark]

1 4 . 3 What did the boy do after this?

[1 mark]
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Section B Translation into English

1 5 Your brother’s friend has shared the following post on WeChat. Your sister asks you to
translate it into English for her. Write in full sentences.

上个星期六我去了电影院看电影。我非常喜欢看电影但是我
妈妈不喜欢看电影。她喜欢听音乐。我也喜欢踢足球。我每天和
朋友一起去公园踢足球。

[9 marks]

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